Web Devout

"Web Devout is a website dedicated to promoting the health of the Web. This is done by providing web developers and the public with the knowledge and tools needed to help the Web move forward."

http://www.webdevout.net/

The 4 things that make a good leader.

- Inspire trust
- Clarify purpose
- Align systems
- Unleash talent

http://www.stephencovey.com/blog/?p=6

Take study-worthy lecture notes

"... But next week I'll be in a classroom again for the first time in 8 years, pen poised over notebook, and this time I'm going to perfect a strategy that gets my notes right the first time: the Cornell Note-taking method."

http://lifehacker.com/software/note-taking/geek-to-live-take-studyworthy-lecture-notes-202418.php

Yellowpipe Lynx Viewer Tool

"RightLynx displays a Lynx view of a web page via right-click or Tool menu.

With just one click and without leaving the page (RightLynx opens in a new, small window), preview the page you are on with a Lynx Viewer.
You can see what what a page will look like when viewed with Lynx, a text-mode web browser. It is also presumably, how search engines see your site. In addition, it can help determine if web pages are accessible to the vision impaired."

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1944

Smallest ever advent calendar made

"A group of nanotech specialists in Germany have got into the Christmas spirit by making what they believe is the smallest ever Advent calendar. It would take about five million of the miniature calendars to cover a postage stamp."

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2007/December/14120701.asp

Goplan - Online project management and collaboration tool

"Manage multiple projects with ease using Goplan's intuitive user interface. No click-trickery to get to the information you need to work on - all your projects are immediately accessible from your account dashboard, next to your assigned tasks, issues and calendar events."

http://www.goplan.info/

Use a Wiimote to Make Whiteboards Out of Anything

"Johnny Lee's description of "Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote" may sound boring, but it's actually a very cool and very innovative use of the Wiimote. Since you can hook the controller up to your computer and accept inputs using the Wiimote library interface, you can use its infrared sensors to detect and track infrared light on any kind of surface. With Johnny's app, you can in turn use a cheap DIY IR pen as an input device and make your own whiteboard/input tablet. You should watch the video to see more, but this thing looks really exciting."

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/clips/use-a-wiimote-to-make-whiteboards-out-of-anything-332039.php

GO Wales

"Mae GO Wales yn cynnig llond gwlad o wasanaethau sy'n helpu myfyrwyr, graddedigion a busnesau yng Nghymru gan gynnwys: lleoliadau gwaith, profiad gwaith, arian hyfforddiant a chronfa ddata ar-lein o'r swyddi sydd ar gael yma yng Nghymru"

"GO Wales offers a range of services proven to help students, graduates and businesses in Wales including: work placements, work experience, funding for training and an online database of jobs in Wales."

http://www.gowales.co.uk/

Public Domain Clipart optimized for word processors

"WPClipart is a collection of high-quality public domain images specifically tailored for use in word processors, and optimized for printing on home/small office inkjet printers. There are thousands of color graphic clips as well as hundreds of illustrations and photographs. As of Wednesday, 12/05/2007 there are 19,511 images. "

http://www.wpclipart.com/

moourl.com

"Welcome to the web's cutest URL shortening service. If you have a really loooong URL, just paste it in the text field below, and we'll milk it, creating a moourl for you. It lasts forever, It's automatically copied to your clipboard, and It's really cute."


http://moourl.com/

Santa putting children's information at risk, warn experts

"Santa Claus could be breaking privacy laws in his collection and use of data about British children, experts have warned. Yuletide cheer-bringer Claus could be putting the personal data of millions of children at risk."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/11/santa_data_risk/

Computer Storage 1956

... 5MB

http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/storage.asp

Hassle Me

"Not eating enough fruit? Forgot to feed the fish again? Need a little help keeping your New Year's resolutions? Tell us what to hassle you about, and we'll nag you via email at semi-unpredictable intervals."

http://www.hassleme.co.uk/

Wide vs. Deep

"So here’s my theory: Managers must work shallow and wide, while programmers must work narrow and deep. People who are naturally tuned to one particular method of work will not only enjoy their jobs a lot more, but be better at them. I’m a deep guy, I should be doing deep work."

http://blog.eod.com/post/18462877

yEd - Java™ Graph Editor

" yEd is a very powerful graph editor that is written entirely in the Java programming language. It can be used to quickly and effectively generate drawings and to apply automatic layouts to a range of different diagrams and networks."

http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.htm

Voyager 2 finds solar system's shape is 'dented'

"NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has found that our solar system is not round but is "dented" by the local interstellar magnetic field of deep space"


http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1044867120071211

AppJet: Instant Web Programming

AppJet is the easiest way to create a web app. Just type some code into a box, and we'll host your app on our servers.

http://appjet.com/

Astrogrid

"AstroGrid is a UK government funded, open source project designed to create a working Virtual Observatory (VO) for UK and International astronomers. Working closely with other VO projects worldwide through the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA), internationally recognised interface standards are emerging which promote true scientifc interoperability of astronomical data and processing resources worldwide. AstroGrid is a leading member of this community."

http://www2.astrogrid.org/

WebSQL - A web based database administrator tool

"
* User can: browse database structure as tables, views, keys, indices etc.
* create, edit, and execute SQL scripts
* save and reload queries
* browse and edit table's content in a 'GridView' (excel-like)
* view database structure as ER diagram
"

http://www.websql.eu/index.html

The Alphabetizer

Puts any list in alphabetical order

http://alphabetizer.flap.tv/index.php

See review here

http://maximillianx.blogspot.com/2007/12/sort-any-list-easily-web-alphabetizer.html

"Have a listing of items that you need to have sorted quickly, but don't have access to Excel (nor want to open it up) or any other tool installed that can do the trick? Here's a quick way you can sort and perform a number of other commonly-used list-like tasks: Visit the Alphabetizer online and paste your list, select your options and sort!"

PDFRenderer

"The PDF Renderer is just what the name implies: an open source, all Java library which renders PDF documents to the screen using Java2D. Typically this means drawing into a Swing panel, but it could also draw to other Graphics2D implementations. We hope you will come up with cool things to do with it that we never thought of."

https://pdf-renderer.dev.java.net/

Netherlands Adopts Open-Source Software

"AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April 2008 for its agencies to start using open-source software — freely distributed programs that anyone can modify — the Netherlands Economic Affairs Ministry said Thursday."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gK-eb7SFzG8QLvOOlfdt_cPMnFmwD8TGNLJ80

Also slashdot

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/14/1353230

A Quick Review of the Asus Eee

"My overall impression has been highly favourable. Of course, this is not the machine with which to do intensive work. However, if expectations are realistic, it will do searches online, check email, do basics like writing text and so on. The machine that I am testing is at a four hundred dollar price point. I’ll start saving now …"



http://www.lockergnome.com/forsythe/2007/12/13/a-quick-review-of-the-asus-eee/

Running multiple simultaneous copies of Firefox

"If you share a computer with family members or roommates, or if you simply browse for different reasons - like work, blogging, school research, or play - you may want to use different Firefox settings each time you sit down to surf. Luckily, the Firefox profile manager can manage multiple browsing personalities for a single user on the same desktop."

[...]

"By default you can't run two different Firefox profiles at the same time - and chances are there aren't many instances when you'd want to. owever, just in case you do, [...]you can add the -no-remote parameter to your shortcut "

See the full article for details

http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox/geek-to-live--manage-multiple-firefox-profiles-231646.php